Job Stress (Parker & DeCotiis)
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.863 sample items
About this scale
A 13-item measure of subjective job stress with two dimensions: time stress (excessive demands) and job-related anxiety. Foundational job-stress measure in OB and occupational-health research.
Sample item(s)
“I feel guilty when I take time off from my job.”
“Working here makes it hard to spend enough time with my family.”
“I have too much work and too little time to do it in.”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.86. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Useful when researchers want a parsimonious general job-stress measure.
Source & citation
Parker, D. F., & DeCotiis, T. A. (1983): Organizational determinants of job stress. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 160–177.
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